Monday, December 10, 2012

Achebe's 'There Was A Country' Discussed At The House Of Commons

Chinua Achebe's There Was A Country: Reflections from the Nigerian Diaspora

DATE: Monday 10 December 2012

TIME: 6.00-9.00pm

VENUE:Committee Room 8, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

(Please allow for at least 15 minutes to clear security when you arrive)

Chinua
Achebe's recently published memoirs, There was a Country: A Personal
History of Biafra, have controversially reopened discussions on
Nigeria's past – especially the events leading up to the first coup and
the aftermath of the Biafran War. These events have had a profound
impact on Nigeria and continue to critically impact developments across
the country today.

Chinua Achebe

This
event aims to bring Nigerians together to debate the key legacies from
the coup and civil war in the context of Nigeria's present realities and
future trajectory, and hopes to explore how the coup and war have: